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# takeaway

noun (a takeaway, takeaways); adjective (takeaway food)

«takeaway» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A takeaway is a meal you buy cooked from a shop or restaurant and eat at home; the shop itself is also called a takeaway (in the USA and Canada: takeout). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#m1)
2. (informal) A takeaway is the main idea or lesson you remember from a talk or meeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#m2)
3. (maths, UK, informal) "Take away" means subtract; "8 take away 3 is 5". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#m3)

### In the lessons

On Friday nights many families get a takeaway: fish and chips, pizza, curry or Chinese. In maths younger pupils say "take away" for minus (two words). In meetings adults ask "What's the key takeaway?" meaning the main point. Phrases: get a takeaway, order a takeaway, the Chinese takeaway, the key takeaway.

### Examples

- Let's get a takeaway tonight — Dad's too tired to cook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#x1)
- We ordered a curry from the takeaway on the high street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#x2)
- The pizza takeaway delivers to our door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#x3)
- My takeaway from the assembly was to be kind online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#x4)
- Ten take away four leaves six. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#x5)
- In Canada we call it takeout, not takeaway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/#x6)

### Note

One word for the food or shop (takeaway); two words for the maths action (take away). "Take away" in a word problem tells you to subtract: 12 take away 5 = 7. US/Canada: takeout. Countable: a takeaway, two takeaways.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «takeaway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takeaway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«takeaway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/takeaway.html) on Mova free.